A 6 week season celebrating film screenings What s it about? Doing better screenings and getting more people to come along! Why? We want screenings to be more interesting and exciting! And we want you to be a part of it! Scala Beyond & FILMCLUB We want everyone to be involved When is it? 2012 August September What do you have to do? Put on a special screening, then Share and enjoy! This is a guide which should help you put on a screening that nobody will forget! October
Programming Some examples of themed screenings Firstly be sure to choose an exciting theme and film for your event. Future Cinema s Bugsy Malone screening Theme - pick a theme that will attract your chosen audience Film - choose a film that fits with your theme and that everyone will enjoy. You could use your club s wishlist Or... Extras - have you thought about showing a short film before the main film? Lots of cinemas and film clubs do this Nancledra Primary School, Penzance Cornwall Grease Screening St Francis School, Braintree, Essex Superhero film festival Instow Primary School, North Devon Spy day
Where and when Naming your cinema Think about where and when you might hold your screening Why not come up with a fun name for your film club? Which day will it be held? Your regular film club day? Where will it be held? Main hall? Other room? Outside? What time will it start? Lunchtime? After school? Why not make a cinema logo? Do you need permission? Will you need help? What materials will you need? You could put this on your own cinema sign!
Marketing Seating Once you ve come up with some good ideas for the screening, now is the time to tell everyone and get them to come! Here are some ideas to let everyone know... Flyers - design your own flyers and ask your teacher to put them in the registers How can you arrange your school s furniture to make your screening really special? Special seating - beanbags, mats, carpets, benches? Special arrangements - could you arrange your seating in a different exciting way? Posters - design your own poster and be sure to post it all over school Assembly - ask your teacher to announce it in assembly Word of mouth - most importantly tell everyone you know about it! We heard of a great idea for a screening of Pirates of the Caribbean They arranged the seating like a pirate ship!
Decoration & Costumes Food & Drink Decorating your cinema and asking your audience to dress up can make it feel really special Can you think of costumes that link with your theme or film? Do you currently have any food or drinks at your film screenings? Think about special food and drinks, that might fit with the film Witches hats for a screening of The Witches For a screening of ET, you could make lots of paper stars and hang them up like some exotic fruits before a screening of King Kong?! For a screening of Up you could blow up lots of balloons! Or you could ask a teacher to dress up as Mrs Doubtfire to introduce the film! Gangster costumes for Bugsy Malone Here s a great idea from Angley School in Kent for their screening of Alice in Wonderland... they baked special cakes a Mad Hatter s Tea Party!
Blackouts and lighting Music Have you thought about how you could blackout your screening room? Curtains Drapes Banners Special lighting Furniture Build a set Props Why not use music in a fun way during your screening? Music as people are coming in? How about live music? Could you learn a song in class? How about a sing-a-along? Can you think of any films? We thought of The Lion King, The Wizard of Oz, Little Shop of Horrors, High Society, Help!... Could you change the lighting? How about asking the Drama department to help?
Tickets Introductions Think about people entering your cinema... Do you have a box office to give out tickets? Maybe you could design some special tickets? Have you got ushers to show people to their seats? Maybe they could wear costumes? We think introductions are a great idea! Why not stand up before the film starts and tell everyone about... yourself and why you chose the film why do you like it? What s interesting about it? the film (but don t give the plot away!) Could you find out something interesting about the film? For a screening of Airplane you could have tickets designed as boarding passes and the ushers could dress as air stewards... For a screening of a War Film the box office could be a border patrol where you check passports... how about finding someone else who knows about the film or was even involved in it? Could they come and speak at the screening, or write something or record a video? (Pssst... If you re nervous about speaking in front of lots of people, try practicing it first with your friends or family. That should help!)
After the film Competition! When the screening finishes have a discussion and find out what people thought You could follow this by; writing a review on the FILMCLUB website taking photos and making a display We want to hear all about your screening and will be awarding great prizes to the best ideas and events Great prizes up for grabs Your event shared on the FILMCLUB website Your photos on the FILMCLUB Scala Hall of Fame Send in photos of your event and a short report to support@filmclub.org Don t forget to enter the big FILMCLUB competition! Think about what went well and what you could have done differently. That way your next screening will be even better! Good Luck!